Adjustable support.



PATBN'IED PEB.1'3, 1906.

B H. HOWSER. ADJUSTABLE SUPPORT.

APPLIOATION FILED JULY 9.1904.

INVENTOR ernsszm TTOflNE M I 2!) THE SSE S.

-UNITED STATES PATENT QFFICE. BENJAMIN n. nowsnn, or. MOUNT EDEN, KaNrucKr.

ADJUSTABLE SUPPORT.

Specification of Letters Patent. Application filed uly 9, 1904. Serial No. 215,933.

Patented Feb.13, 190e,

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, BENJAMIN H. Howsna,"

to for the purpose of serving as adjustable sup'- ports generally; and it consists'more particularly in the novel construction and combination of parts hereinafter shown, described, and claimed.

The great advantages of a practical portable breakdown support or scaffold are recognized by every carpenter, plasterer, paperhanger, or other tradesman who has to work at an elevation from the ground or floor, and

such advantages are especially manifest when applied toward the supporting of tents and other temporary structures. Therefore the main desideratum of my invention is to fulfil all the requirements of such work.

One object of my invention is the construction of a support that permits of being dismantled and erected with ease and expedition and is capable of being readily reduced and packed in a small space and in a con- 0 venicnt form for shipment 01' transportation.

Another object of my invention lies in providing a supporting, means with adjustable features, whereby the height, length, and breadth may be varied so as to permit of being used in various places and positions and otherwise employed in such manner and form as may be desired by the user.

As an additional object I contemplate a device which may be moved without undue effort from place to place at will while in the assembled operative condition.

A further object of this invention is to devise a support, as already stated, which will be of a maximum strength and a minimum weight and be of the most durable nature possible.

- A still fur-then object "of my invention is. to provide a supporting means which will be especially adaptable toward upholding a tent or other similar structure.

Further objects and the advantages of the various details of construction and combination of parts of my invention will appear upon reference to the following description and steel piping.

claims when taken in connection with the accompanying drawings, in which F lgure 1 is an end elevation, partly in section, showing the relationship of the parts. Fig. 2 is a sectional perspective of my sup port withparts in section and parts in dotted ines to show a different position of the leg member. I

Referrin by letter to said drawings, it will be noted t at similar letters denotesimilar parts throughout both drawings.

A, as shown in Fig. 2, is a piece of piping of any desired length, which may be made of steel or other suitable material, and B (same figure) is a rod of fixed .len th of suitable material so proportioned wit relation to pipe A that it will'slidc freely within said pipe; In practice I find that by making A of one-inch steel iping and B of seven-eighths-inch steel rod t lat the structure is suflici'en tlylight and rigid to answer for many purposes.

The legs of my su port'com rise two essential elementsl) and (J, which, ike the abovementioned parts A B, slide freely one within the other. Corres ending with the abovegiven dimensions, may be made of piping substantially three-fourths inch. in diameter and D of rods five-eighths inch in diameter. In order that the support may be readily adjusted to any desired height, I cause perforations P to be made in pipes C, as shown in the figures, and fitting into said perforations is a key or pin J, the function of which will be readily understood upon inspection of the drawings. The le s are ,adj ustably joined to the members (horlzontal) A B by means of ordinary Ts T, thus admirably fulfilling all the requirements and bein ofslight cost. The T's, however, are furnished with thumb set-screws H, so that the same may be firmly withheld from any slipping which might oth- I erwise take place. In order to secure the necessary degree of rigidity to my structure, I employ braces E, which are united to members C and B, respectively, and to members Aand C, respectively, by collars of suitable size and which may be madeof any suitable size and material, though to correspond with the dimensions given above by way of example I would make them of one-half-inch I be provided with thumb set-screws, as above described, thereb furnishing them with means for firmly c amping them 111 place. A

If so desired, such collars may v .furthcr brace connecting the two legs is shown in the member I, (whiclncorrespOnding with the above dimensions, may be made of one-hall-inch steel rod,) which may affixed at one end to the adjoining member by an ordinary link and at the other end to the other member by means of the common detachable hook, as shown at W.

I provide my legs with ordinary casters, as

shown in the figures at K. This I find to be a very substantial feature in ractical working on accoimt of the ease wit 1 which my supports may bemoved about.

In case it is desired to have the support of great length it may be expedient to support the middle tl'iorcol, and for such purpose I model legs of a similar construction to C and I); but I dispense with the casters and the diagonal braces E.

In dotted lines X, 'I show my support in a shorter position.

Having thus described my invention,- I claim and desire to secure by Letters Patent- I 1. An adjustable support comprising in combination, a horizontal member consisting of a tubular member A, and a rod B longitudinally adjustable therewithin, legs comprising perforated tubular lengthsand rodilte lengths slidably embraced therein, pins in said perforations limiting the relative movements of said perforated lengths with said rod-like lengths, clamping-Ts provided one foroach of said legs and permanently at- 5' tached thereto and individually and revolubly uniting each of said legs tosaid horizontal member-and adjustable along the latter, whereby the legs may be independently positioned along said horizontal member and an 0 gularly adjusted thereto, braces joining the lower ends of each pair of legs together and detzaclmbly affixed to one leg and pivotally ailixed to the other, stifi'ening members diagonally connecting the lower end of each leg 5 with the body of the horizontal member, cas tcrs upon the ends of said legs, and a middle extensible su .)porting member ad jnstably afiixed to the aforesaid horizontal member, substantially as described.

6c to 0, means for fixing said tube and rod relatively to one another, and braces, connecting said horizontal member with the supporting member. I

3. An adjustable support comprising in 05 combination, a horizontal. bridge member consisting of an imperforate tubular member,

and a rod longitudinally adjustable-therewithin,- legs comprising perforated-. t'ubular lengths andimperforate rodlike lengths slidably embraced therein, pins in said. erfora -7o.

slidably adjustable along the latter, braces joining the ower ends of each pair of le s together, said braces being each detachab y alfixed to one leg and pivotally aifixed to the other, stiffening members diagonally connecting by clamping-collarsthe lower end of each leg with the body of the horizontal member, casters upon the ends of said legs, and a middle extensible supportingmember adjustably affixed to the aforesaid horizontal member, substantially as described.

4. A trestle comprising an extensible bridge-bar consisting of an imperforate tubular member and a rod telescopically engaged within same, extensible legs for supporting said bridge-bar, said legs consisting each of a single pipe-T, a thumb-screw engaging through a threaded perforation in the top part of each said T whereby same may be clamped at will at predetermined positions along said bridge bar in diverse an ular rela- 5 tionship thereto, imperforate r0 s affixed within the short leg of each said T, a perforate tubular legmember telescopically inclosing the free end of said rod, a pm adapted to be inserted through any one of said perforations whereby the insertion of said rod into said-tubular member. may be checked with out reventing the complete withdrawal there rom, casters-mounted upon the lower ends of said tubular members, braces ortably but d'etachably aflixed to one suc tubular member but having the other end hookshapedfor'ready detachable engagement to another tubular member whereby the lower ends of each pair of legs may be positively positioned relative to one another, stiffening members extending diagonally from the lower end of'each leg to points intermediate the ends ol' said bridge member, clamping-collars uniting the ends of said membersto the adjacent trestle portions, and an extensible supporting-leg joined to an intermediate portion of said bridge-bar, substantially as described.

5. In a trestle, the combination of the legs comprising the lower sections, the verticallyadjustable upper legs comprising the upper sections and adapted to be embraced within the lower sections, suitable means for limiting the downward movement of said upper section, an elongated hook device for con nccting said lower sections and preventing the latter from spreading,'said device being dctachably connected toone leg and permanently but pivotally affixed to the other, single Ts uniting the upper end of eachleg to ing said legs and said horizontal bar respectively and a middle extensible support, subi stantially as described. 7

I In testinuiny whereof I have signed my I name, in the presence of two 51'. hscribing wit- I 5 messes, to this specification.

BENJAMIN ll. HOWSER.

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